Limbic Encephalitis

MeSH code information

• Name
  Limbic Encephalitis
• Concept
  Scope note: A paraneoplastic syndrome marked by degeneration of neurons in the LIMBIC SYSTEM. Clinical features include HALLUCINATIONS, loss of EPISODIC MEMORY; ANOSMIA; AGEUSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; DEMENTIA; and affective disturbance (depression). Circulating anti-neuronal antibodies (e.g., anti-Hu; anti-Yo; anti-Ri; and anti-Ma2) and small cell lung carcinomas or testicular carcinoma are frequently associated with this syndrome.
• Tree numbers
  • C01.207.245.700
  • C04.588.614.550.450
  • C04.730.856.437
  • C10.228.140.430.525
  • C10.228.228.245.700
  • C10.574.781.550
• Qualifiers
  diagnosis, parasitology, immunology, microbiology, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology, rehabilitation, enzymology, etiology, mortality, epidemiology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, diet therapy, drug therapy, therapy, psychology, urine, virology, veterinary, history, classification, economics, embryology, genetics, nursing, radiotherapy, ethnology, prevention & control, pathology, metabolism, complications, surgery